ArchitectureWeek Notes No. 424
ArchitectureWeek Editors
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Fri Apr 24 14:07:55 PDT 2009
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ASU POLYTECHNIC GREEN
by Susan Smith
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The new academic complex on the Polytechnic campus of
Arizona State University (ASU) was built to withstand
the insistent, erosive forces of the desert around Mesa,
Arizona.
"Being out on the eastern part of the valley, the site
is very exposed and gets hit very hard with wind and
rain," says Beau Dromiack, design leader for RSP
Architects, the architect of record for the project. "It
requires a durable architecture which we call 'desert
tough.'"
The design team, including RSP, design architect
Lake/Flato Architects, and Ten Eyck Landscape
Architects, was also charged with forging an identity
that would unify the structures within the campus
context. The team had a 22-month design and construction
schedule and a budget of $104 million to work with.
And they had to do it sustainably. The ASU goal for the
project was a LEED Silver certification, but "our actual
LEED points are at Gold level," Dromiack reports.
Certification is currently pending.
Screening the Desert Sun
Located in the core of ASU's Polytechnic campus, the new
academic complex provides 245,000 square feet (22,800
square meters) of space for science, agribusiness,
education, and humanities programs, with functions
ranging from a black box theater to a hazmat facility.
The classrooms, labs, studios, offices, and gathering
spaces are arranged around three courtyards, in a dense,
pedestrian-oriented configuration.
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Green or Greenwashed?
by Christine MacDonald
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What would you call a green building standard that, on
balance, tends to interfere with environmental reform
more than help?
In March 2009, ABC's Extreme Makeover: Home Edition
television show featured the first house in the country
to win certification under the new green building
standard from the National Association of Home Builders.
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People and Places
by Nancy Novitski
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Lord, Aeck & Sargent, with Prescott Muir Architects and
Architectural Nexus in Salt Lake City, Utah - Wallace
Roberts & Todd in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania - Stanley
Tigerman in Skokie, Illinois - Alliance Architects in
Arlington, Texas - Arquitectonica in Singapore,
Singapore - Standard in Los Angeles, California - NBBJ
in Bucheon, South Korea - RMJM in Trenton, New
Jersey...
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